halt

halt is a 4-letter English word with 17 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth. Face value is 7 in Scrabble and 7 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

4 letters · Scrabble 7 · Words With Friends 7 · 17 senses

Definitions

1. 3d pers. sing. pres. of Hold, contraction for holdeth.
2. noun. A stop in marching or walking, or in any action; arrest of progress.
3. intransitive verb. To hold one's self from proceeding; to hold up; to cease progress; to stop for a longer or shorter period; to come to a stop; to stand still.
4. intransitive verb. To stand in doubt whether to proceed, or what to do; to hesitate; to be uncertain.
5. transitive verb. To cause to cease marching; to stop; as, the general halted his troops for refreshment.
6. adjective. Halting or stopping in walking; lame.
7. noun. The act of limping; lameness.
8. adjective. To walk lamely; to limp.
9. adjective. To have an irregular rhythm; to be defective.
10. noun. an interruption or temporary suspension of progress or movement

    "a halt in the arms race"

    "a nuclear freeze"

    Synonyms: freeze

11. noun. the event of something ending

    "it came to a stop at the bottom of the hill"

    Synonyms: stop

12. noun. the state of inactivity following an interruption

    "the negotiations were in arrest"

    "held them in check"

    Synonyms: arrest, check, hitch, stay, stop, stoppage

13. verb. stop the flow of a liquid

    "staunch the blood flow"

    "stem the tide"

    Synonyms: stanch, staunch, stem

14. verb. cause to stop

    "Halt the engines"

    "Arrest the progress"

    Synonyms: arrest, hold

15. verb. come to a halt, stop moving

    "the car stopped"

    "She stopped in front of a store window"

    Synonyms: stop

16. verb. stop from happening or developing

    "Block his election"

    "Halt the process"

    Synonyms: block, kibosh, stop

17. adjective. disabled in the feet or legs

    "a crippled soldier"

    "a game leg"

    Synonyms: crippled, game, gimpy, halting, lame

Synonyms

freeze, stop, arrest, check, hitch, stay, stoppage, stanch, staunch, stem, hold, block, kibosh, crippled, game, gimpy, halting, lame

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in halt:

lath

Common word forms

halts, halted, halter, halting, haltless

Words from these letters

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